Sustainability report 2016

GF is well on track to achieving its social sustainability targets. Further efforts are needed to improve the environmental indicators. This can be seen in the latest Sustainability Report.

GF is well on track to achieving its social sustainability targets. Further efforts are needed to improve the environmental indicators. This can be seen in the latest Sustainability Report:

The year 2016 marked the beginning of the implementation of the 2016–2020 sustainability targets. The 2016 interim report shows: GF has made further progress on achieving social targets. For example, on a like-for-like basis the accident rate decreased by 10%, which was largely the result of GF Automotive’s “Zero Risk” safety campaign.

With regard to environmental targets, GF posted a rise in energy consumption. This is mainly due to the integration of data from recently acquired companies, most notably GF Hakan Plastik in Turkey. On a like-for-like basis, the increase in CO2 emissions was 0.5% year-on-year. Consistent implementation of GF standards in all companies will offset the increase. The most energy- and CO2-intensive division GF Automotive was able to decrease its CO2 emissions by 2%.

GF publishes its sustainability figures annually. A comprehensive report is published every two years. The next comprehensive report will be issued in 2018.